I left Oregon in mid January by plane and landed in southern CA in June. I am still trying to work out the particulars of how exactly Horizon Air managed that, but it is about 78 degrees here, bright and sunny, with a light wind blowing off the Ocean. I have once again broken out my shorts, t-shirts, and sandals (yes in good Oregon fashion, I wear them with socks). My physics classroom was so warm this afternoon that the whole class, including the teacher, was falling asleep. This begs the question: How exactly did this happen, and is there some way to get back to winter weather. So here is a list of possible solutions that I would imagine came from some popular scientists (both real, and fictional people).
Einstein: Time is relative, so the plane must have traveled close to the speed of light. There by slowing down time for the people on the plane, while time proceeded at the normal rate for everyone else.
James T. Kirk (Star Trek): Clearly, the plane was equipped with a shield that protected it while it flew close to the sun. The plane was set into a close orbit of the sun and was then catapulted forward in time. Due to the complex math that was done, I can only assume that Spock must have been present on Laura's flight.
Heisenberg: Due to the fact that you cannot know where you are and how fast you are going at the same time, and the pilot knew where they were during the flight, the plane must have been going much faster than thought. I seem to remember something about going really really fast, and time. Perhaps you should ask Albert about it.
Samantha Carter (Stargate SG1): The plane must have traveled through a stargate at the precise moment a solar flare happened. The flare sent the plane into the future by six months.
Cheers!
Your Literary Junkophile.
Amendment 1: Yes, I realize before hand that by going to school in CA I was sacrificing some of my winter weather.
Amendment 2: But I still would like to see how people down here react to a good cold snap.
Amendment 3: And by cold snap I mean 40 degree weather.
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